Posted on Nov 20, 2020

APOD: 2020 November 20 - Global Map: Mars at Opposition

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Good Red Friday evening, Rallypoint. Today's Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD) is titled "Global Map: Mars at Opposition." Mars reached opposition (the Sun, Earth, and Mars forming a straight line with Earth in the middle) on October 13, 2020 offering skywatchers an early Halloween treat. As a result, the Red Planet appears bigger, brighter and redder than usual — and the planet won't get this close to Earth again until 2035. So beginning October 8th, observers at the Pic du Midi Observatory in the French Pyrenees got to work and produced this remarkably sharp projected view of the martian surface extending to about 45 degrees northern latitude. The last link in the write-up for today's APOD gives you an annotated version of this same image.

APOD: 2020 November 20 - Global Map: Mars at Opposition

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Belated thank you my friend Maj William W. 'Bill' Price for posting the NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD) for Friday, November 20, 2020 entitled "Global Map: Mars at Opposition."
Image: Global Map - Mars at Opposition Image Credit & Copyright - F. Colas - J.L. Dauvergne -G. Dovillaire - T. Legault - G. Blanchard - B. Gaillard - D. Baratoux - A. Klotz - S2P - IMCCE / OMP / Imagine Optic

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"Explanation: This may be the best global Mars map made with a telescope based on planet Earth. The image data were captured by a team of observers over six long nights at the Pic du Midi mountaintop observatory between October 8 and November 1, when the fourth rock from the Sun had not wandered far from its 2020 opposition and its biggest and brightest appearance in Earth's night sky. The large telescope used, 1 meter in diameter with a 17 meter focal length, was also used in support of NASA's Apollo lunar landing missions. After about 30 hours of processing, the data were combined to produced this remarkably sharp projected view of the martian surface extending to about 45 degrees northern latitude. The image data have also been mapped onto rotating sphere and rotating stereo views. Fans of Mars can easily pick out their favorite markings on the Red Planet by eyeing a labeled version of this global map of Mars."

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